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>I have always considered Mastodon's lack of formatting options like this to be a fantastic feature, not a deficiency. Part of a comment from the linked site,

by jmclnx 4y ago

>I have always considered Mastodon's lack of formatting options like this to be a fantastic feature, not a deficiency. Part of a comment from the linked site, please no rich-text. I always think when rich-text is allowed it is the first step down. Usually when that happens "ne'er-do-wells" start arriving :)

smoldesu 4y ago
We shall allow the ne'er-do-wells to populate Mastodon, but as part of the defederated Reddiverse! :) Honestly though, that was also my impression until I saw the implementation. It's really conservatively applied, and doesn't clog up the whole screen with text and distractions. Eg. if Discord/Slack had heading sizes for standard messages, it would be pretty horrible for the user. If our only objection is culture alignment, I say they go forward on it. I'd like to have code blocks and (eventually?) syntax highlighting for posting quick code snippets.
A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
That, emoticons and meme insertions ala Teams. That is how you know thing is going downhill.
- bluedino 4y ago
  I despise Team's "emoji first" design When you hover over a message, the immediate options are emojis. Not reply, copy, but goddamn emojis.
  - mardifoufs 4y ago
    I think reactions are pretty cool. Much faster than having to reply, and it's a feature that makes it easier to have short discussions. I use it all the time on Teams, Messenger, Telegram. And fwiw, it would actually break my flow to make them harder to access.
  - JustSomeNobody 4y ago
    And worst of all is when someone emojis your message, the flow to remove that notification is different. You cannot just select the chat and it clears it.
  - dreen 4y ago
    Probably because large parts of population unfortunately prefers communicating with emojis. Curious if this becomes a a logographic language in future like Chinease.
    - A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
      edit: I think you might be onto something. Some novels actually addressed that possible outcome ( super sad love story being one of them iirc ). I chuckle at the downvoting that does not address the issue. One might argue that it is a generational issue. There is an argument to be made that picture is worth a thousand words, but some things require precision that goes beyond ::eggplant::,::tongue::
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RobotToaster 4y ago
> I always think when rich-text is allowed it is the first step down. Usually when that happens "ne'er-do-wells" start arriving :) That would be terrible

by jmclnx 4y ago

smoldesu 4y ago

We shall allow the ne'er-do-wells to populate Mastodon, but as part of the defederated Reddiverse! :) Honestly though, that was also my impression until I saw the implementation. It's really conservatively applied, and doesn't clog up the whole screen with text and distractions. Eg. if Discord/Slack had heading sizes for standard messages, it would be pretty horrible for the user. If our only objection is culture alignment, I say they go forward on it. I'd like to have code blocks and (eventually?) syntax highlighting for posting quick code snippets.

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago

That, emoticons and meme insertions ala Teams. That is how you know thing is going downhill.

bluedino 4y ago
I despise Team's "emoji first" design When you hover over a message, the immediate options are emojis. Not reply, copy, but goddamn emojis.
- mardifoufs 4y ago
  I think reactions are pretty cool. Much faster than having to reply, and it's a feature that makes it easier to have short discussions. I use it all the time on Teams, Messenger, Telegram. And fwiw, it would actually break my flow to make them harder to access.
- JustSomeNobody 4y ago
  And worst of all is when someone emojis your message, the flow to remove that notification is different. You cannot just select the chat and it clears it.
- dreen 4y ago
  Probably because large parts of population unfortunately prefers communicating with emojis. Curious if this becomes a a logographic language in future like Chinease.
  - A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
    edit: I think you might be onto something. Some novels actually addressed that possible outcome ( super sad love story being one of them iirc ). I chuckle at the downvoting that does not address the issue. One might argue that it is a generational issue. There is an argument to be made that picture is worth a thousand words, but some things require precision that goes beyond ::eggplant::,::tongue::
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RobotToaster 4y ago

> I always think when rich-text is allowed it is the first step down. Usually when that happens "ne'er-do-wells" start arriving :) That would be terrible